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tp JerolB uitH jms.
2at?r?4 at tb? PostofEce at Newwry,
S? C., as 2nd class matter.
E. H. AULL, EDITOR.
1
Tuesday, March 7, 1922.
WHY?
There is a great cry at this time
for a reduction of taxes, and the legislature
is being appealed to in this
respect. There is nothing new in this
o+oto rwf fVio nnWiV mind. It has al-1
CWUWV V X V4A V
way been so except perhaps during
the days of inflation when the people
spent regardless.
The average citizen and the average
legislator fails to differentiate between
a reduction of taxes and a reduction
of the levy. And the purpose
of the legislature at the present
session seems more an effort in finding
new sources of revenue and a
r fVion iri I
reduction ox tnt xatu^i *?*
the real reduction of the taxes. But
if the levy can be cut from 12 to five
mills it will be a great slogan for the
next campaign, to go out and tell the
people we reduced your taxes, because
we cut the levy from 12 mills
to five or six mills, and that is a D g
reduction in the levy. But how about
the real reduction of taxes, have they
been reduced. The acid test is the
amount of the appropriation carried
in the bill which expends the money
The truth of the matter is, we are
too much governed, as we have many
times remarked. There are too many
? 1 Ko He.
government, juus mav ~ ^
pensed with, and there is too great a
tendency to regulate everything by
legislation and to have an army of
regulators. And tuese officials must
be paid, and to get the money the
producer must pay it, whether he
pays it in the shape of a direct tax by
a levy on property, or whether he
pays it by an indirect tax.
There should be the strictest economy
in the expenditure of the public
money in these times that is consistent
with an efficient management of the
affairs and functions of the government.
We will all admit that. But
is it not also true that the cry of high
taxes is more a mental condition thar
we are willing to admit. The people
pass resolutions asAing mc
not to abolish this office and that office,
and not to do away with thr?
commission and the other, according
to our personal interest, and then at
the same time call for a reduction of
taxes.
The college man says it will neve*
do to cripple the colleges of the state
by cutting the amounts they ask. The
public school man says the public
schools are the greatest asset of t"
state and their demands should not t><"
ignored or neglected. The public officers
think their pay should be in
creased rather than reduced. The
highways should be built and bridges
across the rivers constructed at great
expense. All these things take money,
and the only way the government
has of raising the money is by taxinc
the people and the property.
One th'ng has struck us in the various
resolut'ons Dassed in this town
%v chamber of commerce and sun
dry clubs and organizations is, that
they have ?=ked that the health unit
be retard, they have passed resoht'on*
to regain the clinic and the home
<tenio?F'vat"cn ager.t and the farrr
demonstrat'on agent, and may be
some others', but never a resolut:on
have we seen asking- that if possible
the 10,000 chi.ldren of this county be
not neglected in the schools, and that
instead of cutting down this appro
priat;on it should be increased ?c
that these children, especially these in
the rural communit'es. should at
least have a school of seven months.
The health unit costs the county
S5.000 a year and the clinic costs the
I
county S2.000 a year, besides, we understand.
the town of Newberry ha?
b^en f'ving the clinic a like amount
If the seven thousands dollars given
to these activities were given to the
county board of education every rural
school in this county could be
assured a term, not of seven months,
but of eight months. And as a citi
zen ana an editor anci an numoie taxpayer,
and not a? a school official,
we can not help believing and saying
that the good resulting to the chi!
dren by thus extending the school
term would be of much greater and
more lasting benefit than that which
we are receiving from these two activities.
And we are saying this in the face
of the knowledge that some one will
be quite ready to exclaim, there he
v is knocking again. It is the gospel
truth, and if speaking the gospel
truth is knocking, then let it be so
called. There is absolutely nothings
personal in making the statement. It j
may be lack of knowledge on ourj
part, but we have tried very hard toj
see the real good that these two ac-|,
tivities are doing. We believe thatj;
the school children should bo vncoi-i'
l
nated, but we believe just as strongly j(
that the proper person to do that {
job is the family physician. The eye c
clinic and the teeth clinic and the t
nose and ear examination and throat *
examination does not amount to any- t
thing so far as results go, unless the f
treatment is followed up, and this the c
unit does not do or pretend to do be-Jt
cause it could not. Give the county a
board of education the $9,000 that s
the county and the town are giving' to a
these two things and you will see r
something doing in some of these
weak rural districts where the children
are hungering and starving for i
a little education, and where they are 2
so located even by taxing themselves c
more than they are now complaining t
under, the people could not give the t
children what they should nave. p
The tomato club organizer is no s
more a part of school work than is t
the farm demonstration agent, and u
yet our senator insists that the school 1
fund should be drawn on to pay a
$1500 as Newberry's part of the Gal- e
ary. Why? Answer me that please, a
The tomato club and the poultry club t
and the community market are or- t
jfanized and operated for the private g
gain and benefit of the individual v
inpmhpr. and not for the benefit of s
the school. Doing good? Yes, we
say, but it is no more a school activity
than is the work of the farm dem- t
onstration agent or even the health >
unit, and we can not see where the t
expense should be paid out of the v
school fund, when the schools are v
now underfed and undernourished, r
No objection to your home demonstra- o
tion agent and your farm agent. But t
the expenses should not be taken o
from the poor school fund. And we :1
v.ill say that we believe, and we have a
-- ' i
said, that .Newberry nas two as cum- petent
and efficient and intelligent (
and active agents in these two de- ii
oartments as there are in the state
Don't blame your legislature foi t
high taxes when you are passing res- o
olutions demanding things that it v
"akes money to have, and you know e
:he money must be raised by taxing a
the people. The legislature should n
^ertainly make provision for oiu
highways. That will take anothei E
tax. But money spent on highways
*? ~ ~f ko nr^ii(>q
t properiy spoilt-, <mu wn vuv>v?
tion of the children if properly spent ^
's an investment that pays big: dividends.
And no better use could the
money of the people be put than in
building and maintaining roads, and -j
the building and the maintaining of
schools. They both make for better
citizenship. ,
Wc are printing a most admirable ^
article from Bishop Candler in this !<
paper. It may be that the views he *
expresses are so thoroughly in accord
with our way of thinking, and what
kve have been saying from time tc }
I]
:ime for a long while, is a reason for g
our opinion of the article. But it
vill pay you to read it and then stop ,
and think, and see if he is not setting
the trend of the times out in the true ^
light, and think again, and see if he is
not correct in sounding the warning
v.
contained in the last paragraph of
the article: w
"The Prussianizing of our govern- ^
ment has gone too far already. Let a
the people awake to the danger anc
arrest it before it is too iate. Above g
ill things let us save education from
being Frussiamzea. q
The whole article is against the y
endency, of which we have frequent'y
warned, of undertaking to federal- ^
zc all departments of our govern- jnent,
and the danger of getting toe ^
*ar astray from the fundamental
principles laid down by the founder? ^
sf the government. And if it ever y
-ets an inroad on the education of v
he children it certainly will strike a
?.t the very root of our institutions, ?
^nd the perpetuity of our institu- a
tions will be in peril and danger of ,
dir;ntegi*ation. Bishop Candler says ?
federal aid is usually a bribe to get ^
federal control, and the bribe is paid
no/\r>lo'a mnrpv. It WOUld
JLll/lII vyiV W . ^
be a sad day for this country when ^
our schools are federalized. . v
' That is a fine tenet of principles ^
and a fine obligation which the boy
scouts have, and it is good to instill
* S
into the minds of the young the greatness
and the goodness of being kind
uo dumb animais, and to serve and to
help those that need a helping hand,
and to see that the dumb animals are
not mistreated. We suppose it is
taken for granted that the following
c
of these things carries with it some
others, but we have not seen m tneir ^
obligation where they pledge themselves
to obey their parents and to
respect their elders and to respect
constituted authority. We suppose
that it is taken as a matter of course
if these other things are done, which
. s
are in the set of rules and in the obli- j
nation that the ones we have men- (
tioned will of course be done. *
But in our opinion these others
should come first and naturally the ^
ones in the obligations and in the
rules will follow. It is a fine organc
ization, these boy scouts, and we are j *
pierced to the bnv* takinf hold I
I
)f it, but our observation is that the
)rime need of this age is obedience to
onstituted authority and obedience
o parents and respect for your elders
tnd a higher regard for the laws of
he country, and not quite so much
amiliarity among the sexes. In j
)ther words, to instil into the young
>oys of this day what it means to be j
t gentleman, and we read the boy
couts to have that in the regulations
tnd a part of their constitution, if
lot written at least in the unwritten
vork.
You have got to stabilize the fani
^ 4- ?-> 11 f V* n
ly 11 you are gumg iu dta^ui^ mv. i
government in which you live, be- j
ause the great American home is the
>ulwark of American civilization and
he only thing that will assure the
lerpetuity of our government. And
ometimes it has seemed to us that
he tendency was just a little toward J
mdermining this great institution.!
i'he home is tending too much toward
. place where you sometimes go to
at and to sleep, instead of the stable
rid vital thing that it should be. And
he sacred castle that we have been
aught that it is. The boy scout or-!
fanization may be the anchor or the!
that will save it. Let us hope !
0.
Talking about the need of a road in;
he Tabernacle section in the last is-!
ue, and not knowing as much about,
hat section as we would like nor as
re would if there was a road out that >
ray, we were mistaken in saying the 1
oad should come from Mr. Riser's'
I
ut at that church. The road to serve
hese people properly and to serve the;
eople out about the Cromer commun-;
ty should go straight on to the right j
,t Jalapa instead of not leaving the
'iedmont as we stated until it got to
Jarys. They certainly need a road
n this section and while the highway
5 planning to extend some roads in
he county this section should not be!
1
verlooked. Sorry we advocated the
frong turning off place, but the genral
idea we had in mind is correct, i
ri/1 ic q cnnH rnnrl nnt t.n TahPV
iacle. |
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>R. THOMAS MOORE
DIES IN COLUMBIA'
Vi^plv Known Dentiet and Popular
Citizen Victim of Paralysis.
Former Newberrian
!
'he State, 2.
Dr. Thomas T. Moore, at one time
resident of the American Dental asociation
and one of the be?t known
entists in tne souin, aiea at nis rcsience,
929 Sumter street, yesterday
fternoon after an illness that has exended
over two years. Dr. Moore
;as stricken with paralysis about two
ears ago and while in Saluda, N. C.,
n 1920. he suffered the second stroke,
ince that time he had been an inva-!
:d. The end came peacefully yester
uy.
The death of Dr. Moore removes'
rom Columbia and the state a citizen'
rho stood high in the regard of those
rho were acquainted with his many
dmirable qualities. He was a man of
ride culture and information; was a
iligent student throughout his life;
* i - j? i:i.:1
na was possessed 01 many qualities
hat tended to draw men to him. The
nnouncement of his death will -be1
I
ead with sorrow by hundreds in the i
louth who had come to hold him in
ligh esteem and affection.
A man who has been a resident of
/Olumbia for 50 years in speaking of i
)r. Moore last nig-ht said, ''Columbia!
ever lost a better citizen."
Dr. Moore was the son of Wiliiam
Ioore and Mrs. Elliott Dandridge Dais
Moore, both of Newberry. Ke
ras born in Newberry in 1845. After
ttending school at Newberry he beanie
a student at the South Carolina
rsenal, a military preparatory school j
rhich stood on the grounds now oc-j
upied by the governor's mansion. |
?" 'l 1 1- - a. tit_ tv c i
vnen xne war oroKe uui, mr. moore
oined in the conflict with the arsenal
adets. He served until the close of
he Confederate war and after the
far was captain of an artillery company
during the days of Reconstrucion.
He went to the University of Pennylvania
soon after the close of the
vav and there completed his educa-J
ion and came to Columbia in 1868
or the practice of his profession. He
emained in Columbia until his death.
Dr. Moore after having held the'
>ffice of vice president of the Ameri-j
an Dental association, was elected
jresident of that body and went to
-ondon in 1888 when the association
leld its meeting in that city.
Dr. Moore was fond of the society
>f his fellows and was one of the
:harter members and later president
>f the South Carolina club. He was
;aid never to have missed a state ball.
Ie was also a charter member of the!
-.-i 1 !
^oiumum l'iuu anu scncu
erms as president.
Dr. Moore was a member of the
rirst Presbyterian church.
In 1871 Dr. Moore and Miss Mary
lawyer of Richmond were married, j
le is survived 'hv his widow: five |
sons, W. A. Moore, Columbia; Alex-fu.
ander T. Moore, Lykesland; Thomas wi
T. Moore, Jr., Columbia; Jerome Ray ch
Moore, Atlanta; Elliott Davis Moore,
Columbia; the following daughters: de
Mrs. S. M. Evans, Atlanta; Mrs. Sin- Co
srleton Green, Columbia; Miss Kate ch
I). Moore, Columbia; Mrs. J. K. Orr, we
Atlanta; Miss Pamela Carter Moore, me
Columbia; and two sisters, Mrs. Km- at
ma Motheral of California and Mrs.
Pamela Carter of Tennessee. dii
The funeral services had not been we
arranged last night, and the hour will Mi
depend somewhat upon the arrival of roi
relatives who live in other states. an
Live and Let Live RE
Clinton Chronicle
Somebody is always jumping on the
editor. Yesterday we were stopped Se
by one of our good farmer subscrib- j
er friends and this was about what he
said:
"I notice you write and preach ^
about patronizing* the home merchant. ;
That is all right, but how about the
home merchant patronizing us. He an,
often hesitates or refuses to buy our ^el
eggs, butter, produce, etc., because +ar
he says he can buy them cheaper at 0f
Trw a nv P o ni n av riraonu:AAH AV
iJLAl1U) W J. V^UC&JLS 111; \s L VJi VVli" VWUj v *. J J] O
Kalamazoo, or somewhere else. Is|thf
this giving the farmer a square deal? brj
If we bought everything where we ca
could get it the cheapest, would we
always buy from the local merchant?" ^j1
The attention of our merchants is j wa
directed ta the a Jove. We hear these ;
charges frequently from various sour- wa
ces. The merchants' prices should be
right, the farmers' prices should ,be rej
u!A.L1 14- nl? A<< 1 J U A A MA rt 1 i
riglll, it S/IUUIU ue a. iiiuiucu ing
tion?a case of live and let live. a (
He who asks for home patronage
from others should be sure that he is g]v
giving unto them the same treatment ^
so far as possible. tio
ABANDON HOPE OF ^
CAPTURING ABRAMS ? .
em
. tar
Alleged Slayer of Meadors Williamson
Still at Large?Funeral of j ^
Dead Man Wednesday ! (jq
i a i
Greonwood Index-Journal. 1. i
' I cjje
Officers have practically abandoned 1
hope for the present of capturing I J
Coon Abrams, who is alleged to have | ^es
fired the shots that killed Meadors jmc
Williamson near Dyson Monday after-!111
noon, following a barbecue and chick- j
en fight. The rain last night c-blitcr- j
' " * j *i- e it- - I hm
atecl ail remaining irans 01 me negru j
though blood hounds had already;111
I t Vl C
given up pursuit.. Officers of adja- c
cent courses have been notified to j ?
keep a look out for the negro. ! ?
Sheriff White stated this morning!
that he did not believe, as some had J
suggested, that Abrams had been cap-j
tured and secretly lynched. He stated j
that he believed the negro was still
at large and if captured, would meet
with no violence.
The funeral of Williamson was conducted
from Salem church this afternoon
by Rev. 0. A. Jeffcoat.
Mrs. J. G. Scnn
Southern Christian Advocate.
When on November 2nd the wires j
brought me the message that Mrs. j
J. G. Senn of Summerton, S. C., had
passed away, I did not ask if she left
any message or testimony. I have
known and loved her for fifty-1 .vo
years and her life was the best testimony
she could leave. When we
were young ladies, for three years her
father, Rev. Jacob L. Shuford, was
noefr\r> on fVio TToirfiolH fMrrMiit arif] it
was he who took me into the Methodist
church. In the parsonage at
Bethel I was like one of the family
and my young life needed the Christian
influence that was always manifest
in that home. Sallie, Mrs. J. G.
Senn, and I have always been chums.
We've visited and corresponded and
1 X. " ~ 4- rv * */ * *Y1/\Y*0 I
Kfpt ill tuuuii w luii can i v/ uivx mviv |
than half a century. She was a member
of the Methodist church when
they came to us from Chester in
1869. Guess she joined in early
childhood. In 1873 her father was
on the Newberry circuit. There she
met and married Mr. J. Gilliam Senn.
Later they moved to Summerton, S.
C., where she passed away after a
long- and tedious illness of months and
* * * i t 1 J ^
years out not oeiore sne nau mauej
many friends who can testify to her>
beautiful Christian life.
She leaves her husband and two
daughters, Mrs. Pinckney Teague of
Newberry and Mrs. F. W. Josey of
Summerton. Also several grandchildren,
one sister, Mrs. Pete Chewning
of Summerton, one brother in Florida
ard others who will miss her, but we
know where to find her. Farewell,
dear Sallie, till we meet on the banks
of "Sweet Deliverance."
M. W. Leitn^r.
mm*
Funeral of Dr. Moore
The State, 3rd.
TVio fur oral corvi'poc r>7 F)r ThfimaS
T. Moore, who died at his residence,
920 Sumter street, Wednesday after
a long illness, will be held this afternoon
at 4 o'clock at the First Presbyterian
church and will be conducted
by the Rev. Melton Clark, acting pasnf
thp fhnrrh famn Hampton,
1 1 -
f
('. V., of which he was a member, J"
11 attend. Interment will be in the
urchyard.
Many expressions of sorrow at the .
ath of l)r. Moore were heard about ^
lumbia yesterday and h's life and
aracteristics and value as a citizen M
re discussed in many places. Many
issa^es of sympathy were received (
the residence.
<1
A mnnn* fV*w? lu?>v /\-?
? niv uiviii w l o w i. ciiv lining" ,
ite family who arrived yesterday | ,
>re Mrs. S. M. Evins of Atlanta,!
s. J. K. Orr, Jr., of Atlanta, Je-1
iiie Ray Moore of Atlanta and Mr.'
d Mrs. P. E. Scott of Newberry.
^OPENING OF S. C.GA.
CASE PROBABLE
nator Dial and South Carolina Rep
resentatives Will Strive for
Rehearing in Boundary Suit
iderson Tribune
Senator N. B. Dial and Represen-'
ives Jim Byrnes, W. F. Stevenson i
d W. T. Logan of South Carolina's |
legation in congress assured Secre-!
y A. P. Fant of the local chamber ^
commerce in letters received dur- r,
the past two or three days that
'v will do whatever nossible to
ng a rehearing the Georgia-South
rolina boundary case and see that
s state gets what is due her from
; disputed lands around the headters
of the Savannah. j
[t will be recalled that a petition
s recently forwarded by Col. J. V.
ibling, South Carolina senator and
jresentatives at Washington pray\
a reopening of the boundary case :
iecision having been handed down ;
the supreme court on February 3.:
ing most of the disputed land to
: state of Georgia. An open petin
also went to congress en block
J to Chief Justice William H. Taft
the supreme court, asking a recpng
of the boundary case. Secrcy
Fant then at the instance of Col.
:bling, wrote each of the South
rolina delegates asking that they
whatever possible to bring about
congressional investigation of the
;C* _ j
Representatve Dominick has been
:ignated i>y the South Carolina
nvbers to take charge of the case
congress and do whatever possible
bring about a hearing. Each of
delegates thus far heard from
-*e pledged their hearty cooperation
the matter, though none expressed
iir view as to the probability cf
Realizing the fact, <
impossibility to produ<
vii conditions, we stro
Newberry County to s
creamery to be establ
The creamery whei
produced in the count]
the farm.
If you have not pro
ONCE. You owe it to
grand old county of N
agricultural condition
We are heartily in <
will do everything wi
will be glad to have 01
the purchase of addit
The Exch;
The Coram
mi at -
ihe Mic
njr i
iviemuers
I _
avorable action. i
Just what will conic out of this lat- ^
st effort of Col. Stribling to stem the
icle of event.?, apparently aerainst ]
!outh Carolina, in the matter of ac- 1
uiring valuable water power lands, 1
t'hich he says are hers by treaty 1
iirhts remains to be seen. However,
ol. Stribling has never given up hope
jid says uiau ii a cungi uadiuiuii nuai- j
Halciwanger <
A Stocking Stoi
Women Ha
Hopec
Stout women like the "E
it stretches wide without bi:
ways returns to shape. Slen
it possesses an elasticity tha
snugly at all times. Every w
and comfort. We offer th
Qi'lLr Qii and in
J. Ui O 1U) kjllli J.
in and allow us to show it to :
We have just r?
of Hole-proof Silk
Price the pair: 1.0
Haltiwangsr <
/
as most every one does, fc
:e a large acreage of cotl
ngly urge the farmers a:
upport in every possible
ished in Newberry within
i established will not on]
/, but will create a marke
mised cream from your
yourself, your wife and
ewberry to help bring afc
s and a greater commerc
t
iccord with the plans of
thin our power to make i
ir customers come in anc
ional cows.
anee Bank of Ne
ercia! Bank of f
mal Bank of Nc
of Newberry Chamber of Cot
ng is secured or the case reopened
>y the court he will seek to go before
ome one at Washington and tell facts
elating to the case gathered by hiii.
n the course of a life time devoted
o the subject, and which he says will
mdeniably establish the right of this
tate to the 100 or more square miles
if land on the Tuga'.oo, Chatooga and
fullulah rivers.
i
& Carpenter
it and Slender
ive Always
1 for
I
I
Ladies' Silk Sport Hose
The season's wanted
shades.
$1.50 pair
xtra-Stretch" Top because
nriino- in the least and al
der women like it because
it causes it to fit the limb
oman will wecome its ease
e "Extra-Stretch" Top in
all popular colors. Come
rou.
;ceived a new lot
: Hose.
01.50 1.652.00
?c Carpenter.
! m
- ?M????^
t #
eamery
hat it is an absolute
ton under boll weend
business men of
way the proposed
l a short time.
y handle all cream
t for all products of
cows, DO SO AT
children and to this
out more favorable
:ial development.
the creamery and
it a success, and we
i talk with us about
^ -
iwberry.
lewberrv.
w
iwberry.
nmerce
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